The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-19
WEDDING BELLS.
The Secretary Of the Interior
Takes a Wife.
Married Quietly in Georgia to a
Former Sweetheart,

Secretary Lamar was married the other
day in Macon, Ga, to Mrs. William s. HOLT
formerly Miss Henrietta Dean, by the Rev.
William Park, of Sandersville. The we'd
ding, says Macon special to the New York
Sun, has been looked for and various hours
had been fixel, but it is now known that the
parties did not really agree upon the date
until the day before the ceremony, when the
minister was telegraphed for and the license
procured. Ten o'clock A. II. was named, and
the wedding party restricted to the immedi. ehs
Holt mansion was MIR. and Mrs Virgin,
the latter the daughter Of Mrs. Holt.
Then came Secretary Lamar and w. b.
Ross, with whom he has been stopping while
here Then came Col. J. E. Jones and wife,
the latter a sister of Mrs. Holt, and these
were followed by DR.. K NJ Patterson and
wife, the latter also relative -.rl =.
At the appointed hour the minister took
his position in the recess of a bav window in
the parlor, in which had assembled the family
Mrs. Holt, dressed in steel gray silk and lean
ing on the arm of Captain r. E. Park, her &
son-in-law, left the sitting.room folj
lowed by Secretary Lamar and
Colonel Ross. Reaching the hallway
the quartet separated. the Secretary joining
Mrs. Holt, and the two walking with right
hands joined to a position in front OF the
clergyman. The ceremony lasted only two
minutes, after which the minister and the
brides two daughters rendered congratula-
tions The wedding marty then went to the
breakfast room. The bride presided over
the table with ease and grace. Champagne,
fruit, and cake formed the principal part OF
the breakfast. Friends dropped in during
the morning to tender congratulations, and
many kilograms Of like import were received.
At dinner, which was given at 2 p. NJ, only !
the family and few friends were present.
Secretary Lamar and his bride left Macon
at $40 P. n. for Atlanta, where they re-
manned at the Governors mansion with Gov
ernor j. B. Gordon and family. They left
Atlanta the next morning for Oxford, Miss,
to visit Mrs. j. B. Ross a sister, and Mrs A.
w. Mays daughter of the Secretary. They
intended spending few days in Oxford and
then starting for Washington. -.
Some very romantic stories have been put z
into circulation with respect to the relations
which existed between the bridegroom, who
is now 81, and his bride, who is So. When
they were quite young, 2years ago, /. &C:
years of age, was a law student in
the office of Absalom q. Chappell,
Of Macon, who was at that time one of the
leading lawyers Of the South He became
acquainte | q short time after she came here
with Miss Henrietta Dean, beautiful and
accomplished young lauy OIL Sixteen ~ DAS z
been matter of common report that the
bride and groom OF the pre- sent came very
near assuming that relation to each other
soon after they met, and it is generally
believed at Macon that the marriage
Is the result of the attachment which
began long years ago. The story gees that
they were engaged, had the inevitable lovers
quarrel, and parted in anger. Atthis juncture. (
it is said, another suitor for the lady's hand
appeared in the person Of VIM. S. Holt, also
Of this place, and that he obtained her
consent to become his wife before Mr..
Lamar was able to maze up the quarrel, and
that, overwhelmed with grief, modification
and disappointment, he saw his Lady love
made the wife of another from seat on the
bough of tree near by. It is said that
Secretary Lamar, in years gone by, has told
this story himself; but be that as it may, he
now denies it in most emphatic language. The
truth is that they were engaged for short
time, that the engagement was broken some
time before Mr.. Holt became suitor to the
lady, and that he never was in any sense Mr..
Lamar's rival The bride has handsome
home in Macon and q sure income Of $1,000
or S12, ,0O0 year. No determination has been
reached as to the future home Of the couple,
but the impression prevails among intimate
friends that it will be in Washington.